梅毒

Chinese

		plum flower	poison; narcotics
trad. (梅毒)		梅	毒
simp. #(梅毒)		梅	毒

Etymology

Named after the ulcer which is similar to plum or yangmei.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méidú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴ duk⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi-thu̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mûi-to̍k / bôe-to̍k / môe-to̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méidú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méidú
    • Wade–Giles: mei²-tu²
    • Yale: méi-dú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meidwu
    • Palladius: мэйду (mɛjdu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵ tu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴ duk⁶
    • Yale: mùih duhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴ duk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴ dug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹ tʊk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi-thu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ tug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: moi² tug⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹ tʰuk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: muî-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mui'dok
    • IPA (Taipei): /muĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² tɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /muĩ²⁴⁻²² tɔk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: buê-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boe'dok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³⁻²² tɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe-to̍k
    • Tâi-lô: muê-to̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moe'dok
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³⁻³³ tɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /muẽ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔk̚⁴/

Noun

梅毒

1. syphilis

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 梅毒 (“syphilis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		梅毒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	楊梅, 楊梅瘡, 楊梅大瘡
	Taiwan	梅毒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	楊梅大瘡
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	大瘡
	Xuzhou	楊梅大瘡
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	楊梅瘡
	Guiyang	楊梅瘡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	楊梅瘡
	Yangzhou	楊梅大瘡, 楊梅瘡
	Nantong	楊梅瘡
Cantonese	Hong Kong	梅毒
Gan	Nanchang	楊梅瘡
	Lichuan	楊梅瘡, 梅毒
Hakka	Meixian	梅毒
	Yudu	楊梅瘡, 棉花瘡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	梅毒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	梅毒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	梅毒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	梅毒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	梅毒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	梅毒
Huizhou	Jixi	楊梅瘡
Jin	Xinzhou	大瘡, 天報瘡
Southern Min	Xiamen	檨仔
	Quanzhou	檨仔
	Zhangzhou	檨仔
	Taipei	檨仔, 梅毒
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	檨仔
	Kaohsiung	檨仔, 梅毒
	Yilan	檨仔, 梅毒
	Changhua (Lukang)	檨仔, 梅毒
	Taichung	檨仔
	Tainan	檨仔, 梅毒
	Kinmen	梅毒
	Leizhou	白濁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	梅毒
Wu	Shanghai	楊梅瘡
	Suzhou	楊梅瘡
	Danyang	楊梅瘡
	Hangzhou	楊梅瘡
	Ningbo	楊梅瘡
	Wenzhou	楊梅瘡
Xiang	Loudi	楊梅瘡

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梅	毒
ばい Grade: 4	どく Grade: 5
kan’on	goon

Alternative spelling
梅毒 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

• 黴毒

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ば​いどく [báꜜìdòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ばいどく [bàídókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ido̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

梅(ばい)毒(どく) • (baidoku) 

1. syphilis

   Synonym: 瘡毒 (sōdoku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
梅	毒

Noun

梅毒 • (maedok or McCune-Reischauer: maedok or Yale: maytok) (hangeul 매독)

1. Hanja form^? of 매독 (“syphilis”).